The Tree of Refuge stands as long as the Law of the Precious exists. All living beings are alive because this tree stands. It begins in the human world, and its crown rests on the Pure Lands. The dead desert is the soil for the tree. Everything dark is cleared there. The Buzurs ruled this world and honored the Law. The voice of the Law in the Dead Desert was the high priest of the Buzurs, Kharan. But one day the Barnaki, servants of the Buzurs, went to war against their overlords and won. Haran, not wanting to die, broke the Law, discovered a secret path and fled to the world of people. The essence of the Dead Desert followed in his footsteps, so a terrible threat hung over the Tree of Refuge. And then one of the Precious Ones managed to tame the invincible monster of the Dead Desert, the black duck. This is how Banhar appeared, a terrible beast by nature, but a protector in essence...